Description: He is a husky man, who wears a simple brown robe with grey stripes complete with hood. He has moderate length brown hair. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has green eyes and a white hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in the west. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Jade (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Hadwisa was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a fancy white dress. She has silver hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Locksmith. She has worked as a Locksmith like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Locksmith responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her head has been shaved. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Shy, PTSD. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a violet vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Aerdeth and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'0". He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Torz was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He tends to his Priest job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 sp.